You would think it would be easy to be in the here-and-now when you are housebound. My ‘here’ is very comfortable: lemon walls, white cupboards, two pillows on my bed, the birds starting to sing for morning. Spring is tentatively tiptoeing in, bruised by all the snow and rain. But the ‘there’ creeps in too. […]
Building up
9th April, 2013 0
It is always easier to tear down than to build up. I watch my little boy playing with his Lego. “And then this goes on top of here,” he explains, “and this one, and this one.” He carefully selects each brick: red on top of blue, two to match the other side, […]
Bits’n’Blogs (March 2013)
8th April, 2013 4
My ‘What I’m into’ post was so long for March what with all the hair products – (I’m still amused by my newly-discovered fashion prowess!) – that I didn’t have time to mention the best of the blog posts for March. Here are some of my favourites: For the broken and hurting: Seth Haines […]
What I’m into (March 2013)
3rd April, 2013 35
The wonderful Leigh Kramer does a monthly ‘what I’m into’ post, and I thought that was a fab idea! So I’m linking up with her, and do take a while to look round her blog– she’s one of the nicest people in the blogosphere. This month I have a lot to talk about, so I’m […]
A life stitched with prayer {Ruth 4 and overview}
28th March, 2013 19
I say it every night to my son, “May God bless you and keep you.” Sometimes it is just as a reflex, a good habit to fall into so that my boy will have those words of God deeply etched into his soul. Sometimes I can barely hold back the emotion as I feel all […]
Plugging holes in my theology of suffering {guest post}
26th March, 2013 11
I’m delighted to have Amy Young over at my place this week. Amy is American and has lived and worked in China for more than 15 years. Every time I read Amy’s blog I feel energised and excited – her enthusiasm for God and life spills over onto the page. This is her God and […]
On penguins and parenting
25th March, 2013 39
It had been about four months since our lives had been irreparably split open and we were on the sofa together, watching TV. It had been four months since I gave birth, since the exertion of labour tipped my illness into ‘severe’, since the world outside had become closed to me; friendships paused, visits […]
The top Christian blogs
24th March, 2013 73
This is the definitive list of the top 30 Christian blogs. By what criteria? I hear you cry. Page visits? Twitter followers? Facebook likes? No, it is more arbitrary than any of these. These are the top faith blogs, simply because I say they are top – and I have impeccable taste. So, as […]
